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What injuries did napalm cause?

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Fifth degree burns to 3/4 of victims - innocent people

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What was napalm?

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A US tactic that was a thick sticky gel to burn through jungle trying to find the Ho Chi Minh trail

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What was agent orange?

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A US tactic which was a defoliant used to over fertilise trees to destroy hiding places of the NLF.

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The long term effects of agent orange

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Caused babies to be born with deformities

Caused cancer in those who handled it

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What was operation rolling thunder in 1965?

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A joint attack by US and ARVN war planes on key military and industrial targets in the North.

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Where were the first US marines sent to?

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Air base at Danang

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How many troops were there in Vietnam in 1964?

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16,000

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How many troops were there in Vietnam in 1968?

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Over 500,000

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What was the hearts and minds tactic?

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The US trying to win the support of people in South Vietnam by improving standard of living which cost the US but showed it was better to not be communist. They built roads and better housing

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What were guerilla tactics?

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The tactics used by the Vietcong such as booby traps (e.g. bouncing Betty) which were aimed to injure soldiers as that caused more trouble for the US.

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Why was it difficult to establish the difference between peasants and the VC?

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They wore the same black pyjamas as the peasants so they couldn’t distinguish who was who.

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During the war between France and supporters of Ho Chi Minh, how much did the US give to france?

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$3 million due to fears of the spread of communism

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When was the battle of dien bien phu?

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1954

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What were the Geneva peace conference decisions?

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  • Vietnam would be temporarily divided into two along the 17th parallel
  • the north would be under the control of communist Ho Chi Minh
  • the south would be controlled by catholic anti communist ngo dinh diem
  • there would be a general election in 1956 for the whole of Vietnam to decide its future
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Dien bien phu casualties

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4,000 killed and wounded, 8,000 missing for the French

Vietminh hand 8,000 killed and 12,000 wounded

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Between 1954 and 1960 how much did America provide in aid for the South?

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$1.6 billion

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What did the us do to show support against the north?

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They sent US military advisers in 1954 to help prepare for 1956 elections.
They also backed Diem’s refusal to hold elections in 1956 in case the communists won.

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Why was Diem’s corrupt government unpopular?

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Buddhists were excluded from government positions

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Why was the NLF set up?

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In opposition to diem and soon controlled parts of the countryside in South Vietnam. It was given supplies from Ho Chi Minh and wanted to reunite North and South and to introduce social and economic reform

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When was the gulf of Tonkin?

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1964

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Why was everyone so shocked by the my Kai massacre?

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Nobody other than the Us were armed so they shot unarmed innocent people

22
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When did the my Lai massacre of 1968 come out?

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1969

23
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What was the gulf of tonkin?

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President Johnson’s excuse for escalating the war

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The Vietminh

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An organisation started by Ho Chi Minh that fought for independence from foreign rule in Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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Resistance leader in Vietnam (later leader of North Vietnam)

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General Giap

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Military leader of the Vietminh (later the north Vietnamese army)

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Containment

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The policy of preventing the spread of communism e.g. In South Vietnam

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Domino theory

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Suggested that communism would spread across the world if it was not stopped

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SEATO

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South east Asia treaty organisation which was anti communist

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NLF

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National liberation front - communists who had fled from the south to the north then went back south as guerillas

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Vietcong

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What the Americans called the NLF. It was short for Vietnamese communists

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ARVN

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Army of the republic of Vietnam - the south vietnams army

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NVA

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North Vietnamese army

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Escalation

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Increasing involvement in the war

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Americanisation

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The idea of America taking over the Vietnam war

36
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Tet offensive casualties

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Vietcong - 47%
NVA - 24%
US - 2%
ARVN - 5%

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When was the tet offensive

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1968

38
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How many cities did the Vietcong attack during the tet offensive?

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36

39
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By 1962, how many military advisers were training the ARVN?

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11,000

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How much did the USSR and china provide for north Vietnam?

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At least 6,000 tonnes of supplies per day

41
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How much forest did agent orange burn trough in 1969?

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1,034,300 hectares of forest was destroyed

42
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How many civilians were killed at my lai?

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Between 300 and 500 in a few hours

43
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When was the Kent state university protest?

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1970

44
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When was the Fulbright hearings? I

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1971

45
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Between 1969 and 1971 how many troops were withdrawn from Vietnam?

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400,000 and only 150,000 left

46
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When was the war veterans march?

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1971

47
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How many war veterans took part?

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300,000

48
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How many people demonstrated for the end of war?

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10,000 in Chicago

49
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How many draft dodgers were wanted by the police by 1969?

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34,000

50
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How many students demonstrated?

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Over 1,000

51
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Casualties of the Kent state university protest?

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4 shot dead

9 injured

52
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When did peace talks in Paris begin?

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1968-73

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